From the Small Back Room: A Festschrift for Ciaran Carson Edited by W.R. Irvine 236 pages Book Published by Netherlea (2008) ISBN (paperback): 978-0-9557985-1-1 ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-9557985-2-8 From the Small Back Room is a collection of poems, essays and memoir to honor the poet and novelist, Ciaran Carson, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Contributors to the volume include Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, and Paul Muldoon. Professor Carson was born in Belfast. He was the Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University. Born: October 9, 1948 Died: October 6, 2019
